LukePliska wrote:I don't think CV has a ton of value... I think we could do better than Stro for him though.
I was hoping for Pietrus, personally.
Villanueva doesn't have a TON of value, but he has considerably more than he is being given credit for. Far more than Pietrus, given Pietrus' circumstances especially.
People need to keep in mind that Villanueva is still on his rookie scale contract which is quite cheap in his case. Not only for the rest of this season, but for next season as well. And after that time, he can be made a restricted free agent, giving him limited negotiating flexibility. One of his options at that point would be to take his QO for 09-10 which would also be a pretty cheap salary of $4.623835 mil
So Villanueva has lots of value given his contractual circumstances, his age, and how he is still viewed when it comes to "potential"
There is some belief that he needs a change of scenery and that part of his problem here in Milwaukee relates to him missing time with last season's injuries, and then entering training camp disenchanted by the reality that the team he thought he was going to be the starting PF of the future on just picked a very highly touted PF prospect that was almost certainly going to wind up as a starter here, with that player playing the same primary position Villanueva does.
